Vanity case



Feb. 14, 1939. J. l.. YOUNGHUSBAND 2,147,277

VANITY CASE Filed March 7, 1938 il h Il H s3 28"`-r| Il 31 INVENTOR fam e5 vL Valmy/)Usb and ATTORNEY.

Patented Feb. 14, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application March 7,

2 Claims.

My invention relates to a vanity case adapted to successfully hold the usual dry cosmetics such as powder or rouge and also liquid saturated cleansing pads.

Heretofore vanity cases have been constructed to hold only dry materials such as powder and rouge. Recently however cleansing pads saturated with liquid cleansing lotion have been introduced and immediately accepted by cosmetic users. These cleansing pads are made of thin fabric and are impregnated with liquid. They are particularly for use when the user has no other toilet facilities available. It is therefore essential that the cleansing pads be carried by the user in a container that is air and water tight so as to prevent the evaporation of the liquid in the pads. A separate air and water tight vanity case for the cleansing pads involves the serious objection that the user does not care to add another vanity case to her already over-cro-wded purse or hand bag. The ordinary vanity case already in use for dry materials such as powder and rouge is so cony structed that it is neither air nor water tight. I

have conducted tests by placing wet cleansing pads in the vanity cases already in use and have found that the cleansing pads not only dry out by evaporation of the liquid therein and become useless but also that the dry powder and rouge in the vanity cases absorb the liquid from the pads and also become worthless for use.

Among the objects of this invention is to create a vanity case adapted to hold as a unit both dry materials such as powder and rouge and wet materials such as cleansing pads saturated with volatile lotion, without the one affecting the other. My vanity case has a compartment for the storage of liquid impregnated cleansing pads which is air and water tight, so as to prevent the evaporation of the liquid in the pads-thus keeping them fresh and useful. My sealed compartment will also protect the dry materials from being affected and ruined by exposure to the moisture in the wet pads. My invention contemplates such other objects, advantages and capabilities as will later more fully appear and which are inherently possessed by my invention.

While I have disclosed herein a preferred embodiment of my invention yet I wish it understood that the same is merely illustrative and is susceptible of modication and change without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Referring to the drawing Fig. l is a perspective view, Fig. 2 is a side elevation and Fig. 3 is a plan View of my vanity case.

1938, Serial No. 194,297

My invention comprises a single body portion or container I 9 having walls I2 and a base I3. Spaced partitions 20 divide the container I9 into compartment 2| for dry face powder, compartment 22 for dry rouge and a third compartment 5 23 for wet cleansing pads. A closure 24 having a flat top portion 25 and side flanges 26 is swingably attached by pins 21 extending into oppositely disposed solid portions 28 of walls I2. That part of the inside of nat top portion 25 of 10 closure 24 which contacts when closed compartment 23 for the wet cleansing pads has attached thereto a lining 29 of rubber or the like so that upon the closure being in closed position the lining 29 will compress against the sides of said compartment 23 and form an air and water tight seal. The side flanges 26 when the closure 24 is in closed position extend over the outer side walls I2 of the container I 9 and are preferably tapered upwardly and inwardly as they extend forwardly from the rear of the container. The inner portion of top 25 of the closure 24 which contacts when closed compartments 2| and 22 is polished to act as ay mirror 30. A clasp 3l is provided in the front of the container preferably by means of a swingable hoop 32 attached to the lcontainer and adapted to pass over and hold by friction grip a pair of extensions 33 and 34 on the closure and container respectively,

It is also within the contemplation of my invention that the last described embodiment may eliminate one of the compartments 2| or 22 and merely have one compartment for the dry cosmetics in combination with one compartment 23 for the wet cosmetics without departing from the 35 spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A vanity case comprising a single container, a partition for dividing the container into compartments, one of said compartments adapted to hold dry cosmetics and the other portion adapted to hold wet cleansing pads, a closure adapted to close said compartments and means on the closure for sealing the compartment holding the wet cleansing pads so as to protect the pads therein from evaporation and from wetting the dry cosmetics.

2. A vanity case comprising a single body portion having walls, a base and a hollow interior, a pair of spaced partitions dividing the body por- 50 tion into a compartment for dry face powder,

a compartment for dry rouge and a compartment for liquid saturated pads, the walls adjacent the lower end portion of the compartment for wet pads being thickened to form oppositely disposed 55 solid portions, a closure swingably attached to said body portion by pins extending into said oppositely disposed solid portions, a lining of compressible material attached to that portion of the inner surface of the closure which when the closure is closed will contact the compartment for wet pads so that said compressible material will compress against the inner walls of said compartment and form a seal for protecting the Wet pads against exposure to the air and evaporation and the dry cosmetics in the other two compartments from deterioration due to absorbing of liquid from the Wet pads, said closure having a flat top and side flanges tapering upwardly and inwardly as the closure extends away from the wetl pads compartment.

J ALES L. YOUNGHUSBAND. 

